Programs, Initiatives, & Communities of Practice

The CAFC network is an ever-expanding circle of of creatives and creative organizations, inviting you to explore new intersections and create partnerships. CAFC gatherings are designed to extend your creative circle. Explore a Community of Practice, program, or initiative here:

Collective Action For Equity (CAFE)

The Collective Action for Equity is a Community of Practice that includes workshops, public conversations, and working sessions designed for CAFC member artists, organizations, their staff and board members, who have committed to undertake specific action(s) against racism and inequity.
Funding Booster

The Funding Booster program is designed to help all grant writers, from beginners to seasoned veterans, learn new skills, and burnish old ones, in order to be as successful as possible in all their grant writing ambitions.

Data Task Force

A group to to educate ourselves about data – useful for funders and the group; to find a shareable software data collection tool that is flexible/modular and can allow to gather and present data in as unified but flexible a way as possible.; to find professional assistance – a consultant to assist us in understanding, interpreting, and presenting the data we have.

Arts & Culture Empowerment Awards (ACE)

The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is proud to host the annual Arts & Culture Empowerment Awards breakfast, celebrating individuals, organizations, and businesses that have made significant contributions to the Fairfield County community through arts and culture.
Quarterly Meetings

Quarterly Meetings are an opportunity to be active members within the community. The more we can find opportunities to come together in person, the more we provide openings for collisions of ideas, strength in numbers, and capacity building. This connection, in turn, strengthens the entire arts and cultural landscape and helps our communities to thrive socially, economically, and physically.
Workshops

Join the vibrant realm where creativity, expression, and passion converge—the art world. Fostering community through connection and artistic expression. Workshops for making connections and providing opportunities to create value, build up resources, and create an ecosystem around shared values and goals.